Making Something from Nothing: Chapter One
Jaune, the lanky guy with no skill in combat whatsoever, had guts. He had taken on an unusually large Ursa with little hope of winning the fight. However, with Pyrrha's help he had sliced off the head, saving Cardin. He never wanted glory, only to be looked at as an equal. Jaune was making his mark in history, or at least trying. Of course, there had to be obstacles. There was a certain heiress he had fallen for. The only problem was, she didn't like anyone.
The awkward boy sat in class with the rest of his team, not paying any attention to the topic at hand. No, he was focused on the platinum haired girl on the other side of the room. So focused, Nora was able to trace his gaze back to what he was staring at. She smirked, knowing what was going on immediately.
"Jaune, you're not getting anything done by staring at her." Nora whispered, amusement in her voice.
Jaune snapped out of his trance. "Please, Nora! Don't say anything! She hates me enough as it is…" He hissed, picking up on her mischievous intent.
"No, no… I wouldn't do anything like that," She grinned, turning back towards the professor giving the lecture. "You weren't taking notes."
"Wait, you weren't referring to me looking at Weiss?" He asked, confused by the object of her concern.
"So, you were looking at her!"
"Was not!"
"She's got you," Ren spoke calmly. "I'm sitting between you and her, Jaune, I can see your eyes every time you glance over."
"You've got to be kidding me," Jaune sighed. "Is there any way I'm getting out of this?"
"Not a chance." Nora said smiling, still watching the professor in the front of the room.
"Then why do you two care?"
"Because," Ren said, holding up a note he and Nora had been passing behind Jaune's back. "We're going to help you get the girl."
"Oh really?" Jaune replied rhetorically. "Like that'll ever happen. She's perfect, and I'm… Well, me. Tall, blonde, and scraggly as she put it."
"Wow Jaune, so much for the famous "confidence" that gave you the guts to call her 'Snow Angel'." Nora giggled.
"I'll work on it. It's just going to be another item on the long list of 'What's Wrong with Jaune Arc'. I just want to know how you'll even get her to notice me. I'm sure she's forgotten I even exist."
"Well," Ren said as he crumpled up the note and threw it in the trashcan behind him. "I suppose you'll see in time."
He turned back around and grabbed another piece of paper. He looked up as he tapped the pencil on his head, thinking of what he could write. Within the minute, he looked down and began furiously writing down word after word. Soon enough, he slowed. Putting down his pencil, he smirked as he passed the paper behind Jaune to Nora who took it. She sat it on the desk in front of her and started reading. Jaune tried looking over her shoulder, but Nora moved the paper to her other side to where he couldn't see it.
"Oh C'mon!" Jaune moaned. "At least let me in on what you guys are doing!"
"Mister Arc!" Professor Oobleck called from the front of the room. "Please, explain to the class why Dust will become irrelevant if we all remain hopelessly ignorant!"
Jaune shot straight up in his chair, turning a bright red. He glanced around him and swallowed. Every student in the room was looking at him, including Weiss.
"Um… Uh…" He started.
"Stuttering is not the answer Mister Arc," Professor Oobleck stated. "Please, try again with a more, reasonable answer."
"C'mon Jaune. You have to do this. This is where you show Weiss you're not pathetic and helpless."
"Sometime today, Mister Arc." Oobleck said, starting to become annoyed.
Jaune took a deep breath and found his confidence.
"Professor, the answer is that if we all can't decide to work together, we'll end up destroying ourselves. Everything we've come to discover, not just Dust, will become pointless as we won't be around anyway. It's just common sense really."
Surprised looks from many students were cast at him. Apparently Jaune's answer was correct, as even Professor Oobleck looked stunned.
"Well now! That answer was worth waiting for!" Oobleck exclaimed. "Class, we could all learn a lesson from this."
As the professor went back to rambling on, almost all of the students went back to paying attention solely to him. Jaune breathed a sigh of relief and looked over to see if Weiss had been impressed. As he peeked a look over, he saw that Weiss was still staring at him.
"Ren, why is she still looking at me?" He whispered without looking up.
"Well, if I remember that expression correctly, that's her 'what just happened?' face," He said, smiling as he got the paper back from Nora. "But don't worry, it's gone now."
Jaune did his best fake yawn, leaning back in his chair as he snuck a look over at Weiss. Ren was right, she had gone back to taking notes. Done faking, he went back to leaning over his desk.
"So what's the paper for?" He asked.
"You'll see," Ren chuckled. "This isn't going to be easy you know."
He crumpled up the paper nonchalantly, and with a flick of his arm, sent it flying across the room in a brilliant arc, nailing the Schnee heiress on the top of her head.
"Pretend like we didn't just do that." Ren quickly muttered as Jaune's heart skipped a beat.
"What's first on my bucket list; oh! Being a hunter!" He whispered sharply. "Looks like that won't happen considering I'm now a dead man walking!"
"Class dismissed!" Professor Oobleck announced.
As the class left one by one, the three members of JNPR continued packing up their belongings.
"You know, she's going to kill me. I mean, there's no doubt about it. She's mean, really mean." Jaune said without much thought.
"Uh, Jaune…"
He continued, not cluing in on the warning. "You know, maybe she would be nicer if she would just open up to people you know…. Not being so cold and self-centered all the time."
"She's behind you." Nora whispered, scared for her teammates life.
"She is? Speak of the devil and she shall appear…" He said, turning around.
"What did you just call me?!" Weiss exclaimed.
"Oh, hey Snow Angel!"
SMACK!
Weiss turned and left the classroom without another word.
"I think that means she likes you." Nora giggled.
A/N: Alrighty! So we're back in business after taking some time to write and plan things out! Fear not, this isn't all we've accomplished in our time away, and our next major story will be ready relatively soon. Thus far, the planning is much more eloquent and we'll need slightly longer to plan each chapter (plus we'll use chapter names! :D). This story is really... There. It's going to be looking at Weiss and Jaune in a different way than most would look at it. The pairing is unorthodox at best, and thus, if we can write it and make it good, it can be done!
Finally, I want to say thanks to those who have stuck around, I've been doing beta work for some authors on the site in my free time as well, and so you may have seen our name pop up here in there. It was good fun, but now it's go time for our writing! It feels good to be back!